Whether the Fair Housing Act requires landlords to accept rent from alternative sources for tenants who are too disabled to work

QUESTION PRESENTED The Fair Housing Act requires landlords to “make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford” people with disabilities an “equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.” 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B). Some people who are too disabled to work rely on family members or government assistance to help pay their rent. But some landlords have a policy of refusing to accept rent from such alternative sources. The question presented is whether an “accommodation” under the Fair Housing Act can include the relaxation of a policy of refusing to accept rent from alternative sources, where the tenant is too disabled to work.